Upcoming: Dr. Sumona De Graaf Speaks on Unlocking the Human Edge at Private Financial Services Event
Sumona De Graaf will share how the best leaders unlock the human edge - from recruiting the best talent, to creating the ideal conditions for talent to thrive.
On October 14, 2025, Sumona De Graaf, CEO and Founder of idealis, will join a private event to explore a question that sits at the heart of long-term investment performance: what do the best firms do differently?
Drawing on two decades of advising some of the world’s most successful investment organizations, Sumona will highlight that culture and talent are what separate firms that consistently deliver outsized returns from those that struggle.
Her session will surface practical lessons from the field, from designing development programs for associate cohorts and coaching portfolio managers, to guiding founders through periods of accelerated growth. Participants will also have access to fresh insights from idealis’ Pulse of the Workforce dataset, which reflects the experiences of more than 100,000 professionals today.
The virtual event promises to be both candid and interactive, offering leaders in financial services a forum to compare best practices and test next practices in how they recruit, develop, and retain talent.
About idealis.
Founded in 2022 with over 20 years of experience in the industry, idealis. exists to bring more humanity to work. Through data driven, human-centered solutions, idealis helps leaders and companies drive high performance, high humanity cultures to unlock the fullest potential of people at work, and in the world.
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